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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>AC97</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Audio Codec 97 (Codec is from Coder-Decoder). Commonly used to refer to the ADC/DAC found on SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy cards.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>ADC</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Analog to Digital Converter. A device that converts analog signals into digital form.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>APS</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Audio Production Studio. EMU10k1-based sound-card by E-mu Systems Inc.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b><a name="ASIO">ASIO</a></b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Audio Stream Input Output. A multi-channel audio transfer protocol developed by Steinberg.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>DAC</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Digital to Analog Converter. A device that converts digital signals into analog form.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>DOO</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Digital Output Only. AC97 Codec setting permitting the recording of multiple analog sources.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>DSP</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Digital Signal Processing.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>E-Drive</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">E-mu APS Input/Output module designed to fit standard 5-1/4&quot; drive bay.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>FXBus</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Effects  Bus. A common path that routes a digital effects signal from one or more sources to one or more destinations.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>GPR</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">General Purpose Register.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b><a name="I2S">I2S</a></b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Inter-IC Sound, a digital sound format.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>LiveDrive</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Input/Output module designed to fit standard 5-1/4&quot; drive bay, for use with Live! and Audigy cards.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b><a name="MIDI">MIDI</a></b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Protocol for interconnection and control of musical instruments.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b>PCM</b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Pulse Code Modulation. Uncompressed encoding scheme for storing digital data, typically associated with wave data.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b><a name="SoundFont">SoundFont</a></b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Data format containing samples and instructions for wavetable synthesis.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b><a name="SPDIF">SPDIF</a></b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Sony-Philips Digital Interface Format, a digital audio interconnection standard.</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b><a name="TAD">TAD</a></b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Telephone Answering Device (or voice modem).</td>
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    <td width="15%" valign="top" align="left"><b><a name="kX Compatible">kX-compatible</a></b></td>
    <td width="85%" valign="top" align="left">Soundcards compatible with the kX Audio Driver. Currently supported models include all EMU10k1 and EMU10k2-based PCI soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or E-mu Systems Inc.. Please review the FAQ for details.
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